Platanos maduros

Chris brought us a case of plantains the other day. Who knows why he had them, Chris can be a bit mysterious. These are sweet, ripe.

So we fried them up Monday, and sold all we could cut. We found the cut thickness makes a huge difference to how they turn out, if too ripe they don’t fry well. And a bit of salt and aleppo pepper work great on them.

So starting at 4pm, expect to find Plantains at Clover.

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